Barthelemy Thimonnier

Kimball and Morton 1902 Lion Figural Sewing Machine

Maggie Snell's 'Almost a 10' Sewing Machine

International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

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Hand-Written Instruction Page for the Thimonnier Sewing Machine

Chimonnier, Inventor of the Sewing Machine
This 1881 French report sets the record straight, even if the name isn't quite right.
The Most Important Sewing Machine Find This Century
The machine in question is a Thimonnier dating back to the 1830s built by Barthelemy Thimonnier - one of few true claimants to the title of inventor of the sewing machine.

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International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

The purpose of the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society is to foster the collecting of, and research into, sewing machines.

Thimonnier & his Sewing Machines